Thats a really interesting place to start a television series.
We never had any other characters in mind, Loeb says.
It got us excited about the possibility of putting them together.
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Confident in its chosen cast of misfits, Marvel approached Netflix with the mega-pitch in 2013.
Netflix really understood what it is we wanted to do.
Plus, he says Netflix opened doors to lesser-known creatives and to new forms of storytelling.
Theyre very open to directors that might not have that same opportunity in broadcast television, he says.
The notion of having all 13 episodes at one time, particularly in serialized storytelling, is very appealing.
All we were promising was that we would do better thanLilyhammer, Loeb says with a laugh.
And so Netflix went all in, and the rest is small-screen history.
Still, dont expect Marvels TV arm to pull off a series for every character on the Marvel slate.
We are, at the end of the day, beholden to the connection that were on.
So for all of youAgent Carterfans out there,wedidnt cancel the show.
Marvels The Defendershits Netflix this summer.
